Staff chef Rich Rupp shows members of the Russian delegation how to use Vollrath products to make their lunches Friday during a tour of Vollrath University at the plant.

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The first settlers to this area arrived some 200 years ago. That's not very long ago considering Sergey Kulygin's beloved city of Kazan, the capital of the Tartarstan Republic in Russia, was founded 1,005 years ago.

The owner of a construction company, Kulygin this week has helped to facilitate the visit of four other Russians to the Lakeshore area as part of the Open World Program, an exchange and partnership initiative designed to enhance understanding and cooperation between Eurasian and American leaders.

The Manitowoc County Economic Development Corp. was the host organization for ...